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JOHN  CRERAR 


Hn  tbe  name  of  0o&,  Hmen ; 

I,  JOHN  CRERAR,  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  State  of  Illinois, 
being  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  do  hereby  make,  pubUsh  and 
declare,  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  the  words  and  figures 
following,  to  wit : 

My  father,  John  Crerar,  a  native  of  Scotland,  died  in  New 
York  City  when  I  was  an  infant,  leaving  my  mother,  my  brother 
Peter,  and  myself,  his  only  heirs. 

My  mother  remained  a  widow  for  a  number  of  years  and  was 
then  married  to  William  Boyd.  The  issue  of  this  second  marriage 
was  one  son,  my  half  brother,  George  William  Boyd,  who  died 
unmarried  in  i860.  My  step  father  died  in  1864,  and  my  mother 
was  again  left  a  widow  with  her  two  sons,  Peter  and  myself.  My 
mother  died  March  28th,  1873,  and  my  brother  Peter  died  in  1883, 
a  widower,  leaving  no  children. 

My  mother's  maiden  name  was  Agnes  Smeallie.  She  was  born 
in  Scotland  in  1795,  and  a  line  of  relationship  on  her  side  is  clearly 
defined. 

My  first  cousins  are  children  of  my  late  uncles,  James  and 
John  Smeallie,  late  of  Florida  and  West  Galway,  State  of  New 
York,  brothers  of  my  mother.  Through  them  I  have  second 
cousins  and  third  cousins.  These  cousins,  first,  second,  and  third 
can  be  readily  traced;  some  I  have  seen,  others  only  heard  of  by 
the  hearing  of  the  ear. 

With  these  explanations  it  remains  with  me  to  make  a  disposi- 
tion of  my  estate. 

I  am  a  bachelor  and  was  born  in  New  York  City;  but  have 
been  a  citizen  of  Chicago  since  1862. 

first. 

I  hereby  make,  constitute  and  appoint,  my  friends,  Norman 
Williams  and  Huntington  Wolcott  Jackson,  both  of  Chicago, 
Illinois,  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  trustees 

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of  my  estate,  and  the  survivor  of  them  or  their  appointed  suc- 
cessors, to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  upon  the  trusts  and  subject 
to  the  conditions  and  limitations  hereinafter  mentioned. 

Sccont). 

I  hereby  waive,  as  I  have  a  right  to  do  under  the  statutes  in 
such  case  made  and  provided,  the  giving  of  bonds  or  security  by 
my  said  executors  and  trustees.  As  they  have  been  true  friends 
in  life  so  they  will  be  when  I  am  gone,  and  I  entrust  the  manage- 
ment of  my  estate  to  their  joint  care.  It  is  my  wish  that  my 
executors  and  trustees  shall  only  be  accountable  for  what  they 
receive  and  not  be  charged  with  any  loss  unless  it  happen  by  their 
careless  neglect  or  faulty  attention,  and  I  will  and  direct  that  they 
shall  be  paid,  for  the  execution  of  this  trust,  reasonable  fees  and 
compensation,  together  with  all  costs  and  expenses  incurred. 

I  direct  that  in  case  of  the  death,  incapability  or  refusal  to  act 
of  either  of  the  foregoing  executors  and  trustees  or  their  appointed 
successor,  that  the  survivor  shall  appoint  such  executor  and  trustee 
within  thirty  days  after  said  death,  incapability  or  refusal  to  act  of 
said  executor  and  trustee,  or  the  appointed  successor,  which 
appointment  shall  be  approved  of  in  writing  by  one  of  the  Judges 
of  the  United  States  Circuit,  or  United  States  District  Court  for 
the  Northern  District  of  Illinois. 

ifoiutb. 

I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  executors  and  trustees 
all  of  my  property  and  estate  of  whatever  name  or  nature,  real, 
personal  and  mixed  and  wherever  situated,  in  trust,  nevertheless, 
that  is  to  say,  upon  the  following  trusts  and  conditions:  to  sell  and 
dispose  of  all  of  my  said  property  and  estate,  except  as  may  be 
hereinafter  specified,  and  convert  the  same  into  cash  at  such  time 
or  times  and  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  to  my  said  executors 
and  trustees  shall  seem  meet,  and  to  make,  execute  and  deliver  all 
deeds  of  conveyance  and  other  instruments  in  writing  as  may  be 
necessary  and  proper  for  that  purpose,  to  exchange,  invest  and 
re-invest  all  or  any  of  my  property,  compromise  debts  due  my 
estate,  and  to  do  all  things  in  the  same  manner  as  I  might  do  if 
living,  and  as  shall  seem  expedient  and  best  to  them  to  enable 

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them  to  carry  out  the  purposes  and  intents  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testament 

Ififtb. 

I  direct  my  said  executors  and  trustees  to  pay  all  of  my  funeral 
expenses  and  just  debts  within  a  reasonable  time  after  my  decease, 
and  to  enable  them  to  do  so,  I  direct  them  to  sell  such  of  my  property 
as  shall  to  them  seem  lit  and  proper. 

Sixtb. 

I  ask  that  I  may  be  buried  by  the  side  of  my  honored  mother, 
in  Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  the  family  lot 
and  that  some  of  my  many  friends  see  that  this  request  is  complied 
with.  I  desire  a  plain  headstone,  similar  to  that  which  marks 
my  mother's  grave,  to  be  raised  over  my  head. 

Sevcntb.  * 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  each  of  my  cousins,  on  my  mother's 
side,  children  of  the  late  James  and  Mary  Smeallie,  of  Florida, 
Montgomery  County,  New  York,  who  may  be  living  at  the  time 
of  my  death,  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000.00). 

lEigbtb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  each  of  the  children  of  my  cousins, 
Andrew,  Wilham,  John,  Alexander,  Peter,  Robert  and  Boyd  (sons 
of  the  late  James  and  Mary  Smeallie  above  named),  who  may  be 
living  at  the  time  of  my  death,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars 

($10,000.00). 

mintb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  each  of  the  children  of  my  deceased 
cousins,  Andrew  and  John  McKee  Smeallie  (sons  of  the  late  John 
and  Eliza  Smeallie,  of  West  Galway,  Saratoga  County,  New  York), 
who  may  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  death,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  ($10,00000). 

Uentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  each  of  the  children  of  my  second  cousins, 
Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  Bunyan  and  Mrs.  Agnes  Bunyan,  both  of 
West  Charlton,  Saratoga  County,  New  York,  who  may  be  living  at 
the  time  of  my  death,  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000.00). 

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lEleventb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  Bunyan  above 
named,  for  her  kindness  to  my  mother,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  ($10,000.00),  to  be  in  addition  to  the  sum  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  ($10,000.00)  heretofore  devised  and  bequeathed  to  her  as 
one  of  my  said  second  cousins.  In  case  I  survive  her,  then  the 
amount  of  this  bequest  shall  be  paid  to  all  of  her  children  surviving 
her,  share  and  share  alike. 

XTweiftb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smeallie,  widow  of  my 
cousin  John  M.  Smeallie,  of  West  Galway,  Saratoga  County, 
New  York,  for  her  kindness  to  my  brother  Peter,  the  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars  ($10,000.00). 

Ubirteentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Robert  Marshall,  of  New  York,  a 
friend  of  my  mother  and  my  own  ever  since  the  day  I  was  born,  the 
sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000.00). 

jfourteentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Miss  Frances  Cobham  Paige  and  Miss 
Clara  Antoinette  Paige,  of  Schenectady,  New  York,  to  be  divided 
equally  between  them  (all  to  be  given  to  the  survivor  of  them  if  one 
be  dead),  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000.00). 

fifteentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  warm  personal  friend,  T.  B.  Black- 
stone,  of  Chicago,  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000.00), 
with  the  request  that  he  purchase  therewith  some  memento  which 
will  remind  him  of  my  appreciation  of  his  uniform  and  lifelong 
kindness  to  me. 

Sixteentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  partner  and  my  friend  John 
McGregor  Adams,  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

Seventeentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  junior  partner,  Edward  S.  Shepherd, 
the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00) 

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Bigbteentb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Reverend  Simon  J.  McPherson,  D.D., 
now  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago,  the 
sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000.00). 

IRineteentb* 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Alonzo  W.  Paige,  of  Chicago,  the  sum 
of  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000.00). 

XTwenttetb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Miss  Katharine  L.  Peck,  of  Waterbury, 
Connecticut,  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

Uwent^-flrst. 

As  a  mark  of  my  friendship  for  Norman  Williams  and  CaroHne 
Caton  Williams,  his  wife,  and  as  a  slight  return  for  their  kindness 
to  me  ah  the  days  I  have  known  them,  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
CaroHne  Caton  Wilhams  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,- 
000.00);  and  I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  Caroline  Caton  Williams, 
or  in  case  I  sur\dve  her,  to  the  trustees  of  my  estate,  to  have  and 
to  hold  in  trust,  the  sum  of  sixty  thousand  dollars  ($60,000.00), 
to  be  invested  in  such  manner  as  she,  or  they,  shall  think  best,  and 
to  expend  and  use  the  income  thereof  for  the  benefit  of  Laura 
Williams,  Norman  Williams,  Junior,  and  Mary  Wentworth 
Williams,  respectively,  the  children  of  my  said  friends,  Norman 
and  Caroline  Caton  Williams,  and  as  each  of  said  children  shall 
attain  the  age  of  twenty-five  (25)  years,  to  pay  to  such  child  at 
that  time  one  equal  one- third  part  of  said  investment.  Should 
either  of  said  children  die  before  attaining  the  age  of  twenty-five 
(25)  years,  then  I  direct  that  the  share  of  the  one  so  dying  shall 
descend  to  his  or  her  issue,  and  if  there  be  no  issue,  to  the  survivor 
or  survivors  of  said  children. 

XIvvcnt^-seconD. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  each  of  my  late  partners,  Morris  K. 
Jesup  and  John  S.  Kennedy,  of  New  York,  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  ($1,000.00),  which  sum  I  request  shall  be  expended  by  them 
in  procuring  some  appropriate  testimonial  of  the  friendship  and 
pleasant  business  relations  which  have  existed  between  them 
and  me. 

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xrwentv?-tbtr&. 

The  silverware  now  at  Tiffany's,  and  the  books,  pictures,  ware 
and  furniture  belonging  to  me,  I  direct  to  be  distributed  among 
my  personal  friends  by  my  executors  and  trustees,  in  such  manner 
as  they  shall  deem  best. 

Uwent^-tourtb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  the  watch  worn  by  my  father  to , 

the  watch  worn  by  my  mother  to  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  Bunyan, 
and  the  watch  and  chain  which  I  carry  to  John  McGregor  Adams. 

TTwent^-fiftb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  Chicago,  for  and  on  account  of  said  church,  so  long 
as  said  church  preserves  and  maintains  the  principles  of  the  Presby- 
terian faith,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000.00). 

Xlwent^-siitb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Chicago,  for  and  on  account  of  the  Mission  Schools  of 
said  church,  in  Chicago,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
($100,000.00),  and  it  is  my  desire  that  the  income  derived  from 
said  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000.00)  shall  be 
employed  by  said  Trustees  in  such  manner  as  shall  seem  to  them 
best  and  prudent  for  the  promotion  and  continuance  of  the  mission 
schools  of  said  church. 

Uwent^-seventb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  14th 
Street  near  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City,  in  which  church  I  was 
baptized,  and  to  which  all  my  family  belonged,  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000.00). 

Uwent^-eiobtb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum,  of  which 
I  am  now  the  vice-president,  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars 

($50,000.00). 

Uwent^-nintb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Nursery  and  Half  Orphan 
Asylum  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

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Ubtrtietb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Historical  Society  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000.00). 

XTbtrt^-first. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Presbyterian  Hospital, 
situated  in  the  west  division  of  Chicago,  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars  ($25,000.00). 

Ubirt^-secont). 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  St.  Luke's  Free  Hospital,  1434 
Indiana  Avenue,  Chicago,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 

($25,000.00). 

Ubirt^  tbir^. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Bible  Society  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000.00).. 

Ubirt^-tourtb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  American  Sunday  School  Union 
established  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  hereby  requesting  that 
said  sum  be  employed  in  promoting  the  cause  of  said  Sunday 
School  Union  in  the  Western  States  and  Territories,  the  sum  of 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

Ubirtp-fiftb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Relief  and  Aid  Society  the 
sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

Ubirt^siitb* 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  New  York, 
the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000.00). 

Ubirt^-9ev>entb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  Chicago, 
the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000.00). 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Illinois  Training  School  for  Nurses 
the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

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Ubtrtv>-nintb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Norman  Williams  and  Huntington  W. 
Jackson,  in  trust  for  and  on  account  of  the  Chicago  Literary  Club, 
the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000.00). 

fortietb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Manual  Training  School  of 
Chicago,  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

jfort^ -first. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Presbyterian  League  of  Chicago, 
the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

Jfort^•9ecou^. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Old  People's  Home,  corner  Indiana 
Avenue  and  Thirty-ninth  Street,  Chicago,  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand 
dollars  ($50,000.00). 

jfort\?-tbir&. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Chicago  Home  of  the  Friendless, 
corner  of  Wabash  Avenue  and  Twentieth  Street,  Chicago,  the 
sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

dforti^-fourtb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Norman  Williams  and  Huntington  W. 
Jackson,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000.00), 
to  be  expended  by  them  in  the  erection  of  a  colossal  statue  of 
Abraham  Lincoln.  Such  statue  to  be  upon  or  within  appropriate 
designs  of  stone,  iron,  bronze  or  other  metal,  the  treatment  of  the 
subject  and  the  location  of  the  statue  to  be  determined  by  said 
Norman  Williams  and  Huntington  W.  Jackson. 

jforty-fiftb. 

In  regard  to  my  business  connection  as  senior  of  Crerar,  Adams 
and  Company,  I  desire  to  prevent  any  embarrassment  or  incon- 
venience hereafter  in  the  partnership  estate,  and  I  hereby  authorize 
and  direct  my  executors  and  trustees — if  the  surviving  members 
of  the  firm  of  Crerar,  Adams  and  Company  shall  so  elect  by  a 
notice  served  upon  my  said  executors  and  trustees  within  sixty  (60) 
days  from  the  date  of  the  probate  of  this,  my  last  will  and  testa- 

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ment — to  allow  my  capital  account  in  said  firm,  conducted  by 
said  surviving  members,  to  remain  therein  for  the  period  of  two 
(2)  years  from  the  date  of  my  decease.  It  being  my  wish  to  allow 
the  surviving  members  of  said  firm,  if  they  shall  so  elect  as  afore- 
said to  use  my  money  as  it  is  at  present  used,  in  conducting  said 
business  for  the  said  period  of  two  (2)  years,  when  upon  the  expira- 
tion of  said  period  the  amount  of  my  capital  account  in  said  firm 
shall  be  paid  by  the  said  surviving  partners  to  my  executors  and 
trustees.  In  case  said  surviving  members  shall  elect  as  aforesaid 
to  continue  said  business,  as  above  provided,  they  are  to  execute 
within  said  sixty  (60)  days  to  my  said  executors  and  trustees,  a 
satisfactory  agreement  releasing  and  guaranteeing  my  estate  harm- 
less from  any  and  all  losses  during  the  time  that  the  business  is  so 
carried  on,  and  they  shall  agree  to  pay  my  said  executors  and  trus- 
tees interest  at  the  rate  of  six  (6)  per  cent,  per  annum  upon  the 
amount  of  my  capital  account  remaining  in  said  firm  during  said 
period;  it  being  understood,  however,  that  my  said  estate  is  to 
receive  no  share  of  the  profits  of  said  business  during  said  two 
years,  and  is  not  to  be  held  Hable  for  any  debts  contracted  during 
said  two  years. 

In  case  said  agreement  and  guarantee  is  not  executed  as  afore- 
said, then  I  hereby  direct  that  this  article  forty-five  of  my  will 
shall  be  null  and  void  and  in  no  way  binding  upon  my  executors  and 
trustees.  I  propose  this  arrangement  respecting  my  business  in 
order  to  give  my  partners,  in  whom  I  have  every  confidence,  time 
enough  to  turn  around  without  Hquidating  at  once. 

jfovt^-sixtb. 

I  desire  that  my  interest  in  the  Adams  and  Westlake  Manu- 
facturing Company  and  in  the  Union  Brass  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Chicago,  shall  be  managed  and  controlled  by  my  partner 
John  McGregor  Adams,  in  consultation  with  my  executors  and 
trustees;  and  that  the  said  Adams  and  Edward  S.  Shepherd  shall 
have  a  preference  in  purchasing  my  interest  in  said  companies 
should  my  executors  and  trustees  deem  it  best  to  sell  the  same, 
and  I  also  desire  that  Norman  Williams  may  be  elected  a  Director 
in  said  companies  in  my  place  and  stead.  In  the  same  spirit  I 
also  ask  that  Alexander  J.  Leith  may  be  consulted  in  regard  to  my 
interest  in  the  Joliet  Steel  Company,  with  a  preference  of  purchase 

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in  his  favor  in  case  of  the  sale  of  my  stock  in  said  Company  by  my 
executors  and  trustees,  and  I  ask  that  Norman  Wilhams  may  be 
elected  as  a  Director  in  said  Company  in  my  place  and  stead. 

ifortivseventb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000.00) 
to  the  Greenwood  Cemetery  Association,  requesting  that  the 
income  derived  therefrom  shall  be  applied  in  taking  care  of  the 
family  lot. 

jforty-eiobtb. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  Chicago  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000.00). 

Ifort^nintb. 

I  hereby  authorize  and  empower  my  executors  and  trustees  to 
set  apart  so  much  of  my  estate,  or  invest  such  a  sum  of  money  as 
in  their  judgment  may  seem  necessary  and  proper,  and  to  pay 
from  the  income  thereof — all  costs,  charges  and  expenses,  including 
the  payments  mentioned  in  Item  Second  arising  from  or  in  the 
course  of  the  execution  and  administration  of  this  will  and  its 
trusts.  Any  surplus  income  shall  yearly  be  paid  over  and  devoted  to 
the  purposes  set  forth  in  Item  Fiftieth,  and  when,  in  the  judgment 
of  my  said  executors  and  trustees  it  is  proper,  the  principal  sum 
herein  provided  for  shall  be  paid  over  and  devoted  to  the  purposes 
set  forth  in  Item  Fiftieth. 

fiftietb. 

Recognizing  the  fact  that  I  have  been  a  resident  of  Chicago 
since  1862,  and  that  the  greater  part  of  my  fortune  has  been  accumu- 
lated here,  and  acknowledging  with  hearty  gratitude  the  kindness 
which  has  always  been  extended  to  me  by  my  many  friends  and 
by  my  business  and  social  acquaintances  and  associates,  I  give, 
devise  and  bequeath  all  the  rest,  remainder  and  residue  of  my 
estate,  both  real  and  personal,  for  the  erection,  creation,  mainte- 
nance and  endowment  of  a  free  pubhc  library  to  be  called  "The 
John  Crerar  Library,"  and  to  be  located  in  the  City  of  Chicago, 
lUinois,  a  preference  being  given  to  the  South  Division  of  the  city, 
in  as  much  as  the  Newberry  library  will  be  located  in  the  North 
Division.     I  direct  that  my  executors  and  trustees  cause  an  act  of 

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incorporation  under  the  laws  of  Illinois,  to  be  procured  to  carry- 
out  the  purposes  of  this  bequest,  and  I  request  that  Norman  Wil- 
liams be  made  the  first  President  thereof,  and  that  in  addition  to 
my  executors  and  trustees  the  following  named  friends  of  mine 
will  act  as  the  first  Board  of  Directors  in  such  corporation  and 
aid  and  assist  my  executors  and  trustees  therein,  namely:  Marshall 
Field,  E.  W.  Blatchford,  T.  B.  Blackstone,  Robert  T.  Lincoln, 
Henry  W.  Bishop,  Edward  G.  Mason,  Albert  Keep,  Edson  Keith, 
Simon  J.  McPherson,  John  M.  Clark  and  George  A.  Armour  or 
their  survivors.  I  desire  the  building  to  be  tasteful,  substantial  and 
fireproof,  and  that  a  sufficient  fund  be  reserved  over  and  above  the 
cost  of  its  construction  to  provide,  maintain  and  support  a  library 
for  all  time.  I  desire  the  books  and  periodicals  selected  with  a 
view  to  create  and  sustain  a  healthy  moral  and  Christian  sentiment 
in  the  community,  and  that  all  nastiness  and  immorality  be  ex- 
cluded. I  do  not  mean  by  this  that  there  shall  not  be  anything 
but  hymn  books  and  sermons,  but  I  mean  that  dirty  French 
novels  and  all  skeptical  trash  and  works  of  questionable  moral 
tone  shall  never  be  found  in  this  Library. 

I  want  its  atmosphere  that  of  Christian  refinement  and  its  aim 
and  object  the  building  up  of  character,  and  I  rest  content  that 
the  friends  I  have  named  will  carry  out  my  wishes  in  these  par- 
ticulars. 

3f  if  tp -first. 

I  hereby  authorize  and  empower  my  executors  and  trustees, 
in  their  discretion,  to  make  use  of  any  or  all  of  my  bonds,  stock 
or  other  securities  in  the  payment  of  bequests  and  legacies  under 
this  my  will,  at  the  market  value  thereof,  instead  of  converting 
such  securities  into  money. 

lFift^-secon^. 

I  am  conscious  of  the  fact  that  I  cannot  discern  the  future,  and 
that  I  must  leave  much  to  the  judgment  of  my  executors  and 
trustees,  but  I  wish  to  convey  this  idea;  that  I  fancy  my  cousins 
have  but  little  acquaintance  with  business  matters,  and  I  wish 
my -executors  and  trustees  to  give  them  advice  in  regard  to  the 
legacies  and  bequests.  For  example,  if  a  farm  is  mortgaged— 
suggest  that  the  mortgage  be  paid  off.  If  their  farm  is  not  mort- 
gaged, suggest  that  their  respective  legacies  and  bequests  should 

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be  well  invested  when  they  are  paid  over  to  my  cousins.  J  hope 
that  all  the  bequests  made  herein  will  be  used  intelligently,  for 
instance,  if  it  is  deemed  best  to  apply  the  bequest  to  the  payment 
of  debts — well  and  good — but  I  suggest  that  the  income  derived 
therefrom  be  doing  good  continuously,  as  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Ensign, 
Superintendent  of  the  American  Sunday  School  Union,  located 
at  Chicago,  instead  of  paying  any  back  debts  of  the  Union,  I 
should  prefer  that  the  legacies  or  bequests  be  used  so  that  the 
interest  would  keep  missionaries  in  the  field,  or  would  enable  good 
to  be  done  as  opportunities  present  themselves. 

I  will  and  desire  that  all  my  letters  and  correspondence  may 
be  gone  over  by  my  executors  and  trustees  and  destroyed,  and 
that  they  will  consult  with  my  partners  in  regard  to  my  business 
correspondence.  My  private  letters  may  be  returned  to  the 
writers  if  they  so  desire,  otherwise  they  are  to  be  destroyed. 

I  hereby  revoke  and  annul  any  and  all  wills  heretofore  made 
by  me. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  to  this, 
my  last  will  and  testament,  consisting  of  eighteen  written  pages, 
this  fifth  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1886. 

JOHN   CRERAR. 

Signed,  published  and  declared  by  the  said  John  Crerar  as 
his  last  will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of  us,  who,  at  his  request 
in  his  presence  and  in  the  presence  of  each  other,  have  hereunto  sub- 
scribed our  names  as  witnesses  this  fifth  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1886. 

George  Sturges, 

107  Pine  Street,  Chicago. 
Wm.  F.  Dummer, 

Evanston,  111. 
Arthur  D.  Wheeler, 
Kenosha,  Wis. 

Will  of  John  Crerar,  admitted  to  probate  November 
14th,  1889,  in  the  Probate  Court  of  Cook.  County,  Illinois. 


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Ljauiord  \ 

PAMPHLET  BINDER 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Stockton.  Calif. 


